Historic New England

Wallpaper

Two unused samples. White medallions composed of stylized shell element surrounded by foliate wreath and separated by rust colored foliate bands which create large-scale diaper pattern. Reproduction of an 1830s style.

Date: 1915-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178498

Accession Number: 1935.1564AB

Wallpaper

Pillar and Arch wallpaper fragment. The design consists of a slightly pointed arch springing from Gothic columns, on which shields and flags are attached. Two putti rest on top of the arch, and three figures in classical garb are placed under a canopy within the arch. Printed in white and black on a...

Date: 1786-1800

Maker: Possibly Appleton Prentiss

GUSN: 178499

Accession Number: 1963.91A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border with continuous pattern of scrolling foliage. Printed in white and black on a grey ground.

Date: 1786-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178500

Accession Number: 1963.91B

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral and column stripe wallpaper. Grey ground with floral vine printed in blues, browns, pink, white, yellow. Columns printed in blues and brown. Straight repeat.

Date: 1787-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), wove paper

GUSN: 178501

Accession Number: 1965.7.1A

Wallpaper

One of two attached fragment layers. Second, or top most, layer is floral stripe and oak leaf pattern. Light green ground with oak leaf printed in white; daisy stripe printed in two browns, pink, orange, green, lavender and purple. [Also in separate folder, three fragments of same paper (b-d)]. Stra...

Date: 1818-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178502

Accession Number: 1965.7.2A

Wallpaper

Fragment of fleur-de-lys pattern printed in gilt on diapered, embossed, white ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178503

Accession Number: 1965.7.3

Wallpaper

Two unused samples of meandering branches and leaves. Printed in grey, light green and gilt on white, polished ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178504

Accession Number: 1985.24AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pattern includes a flower blossom and delicate scrolled foliage. Printed in white and light blue on an aqua ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178505

Accession Number: 1990.619.1AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Allover meandering foliate vine printed in taupe and brown over a field of metallic gold palm-like foliate vine. Printed on beige ground

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178506

Accession Number: 2000.629

Wallpaper

Cut sample of stenciled reproduction of curving, floral vine paper. Brown ground with white patterning.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178507

Accession Number: 1923.1

Wallpaper

Cut sample of reproduction diapered and vine stripe paper. Grey-blue ground with pattern printing in white. Straight repeat.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 178508

Accession Number: 1923.313

Reproduction Wallpaper

Cut sample of reproduction diapered patterned paper. Light brown ground with diapered pattern with chevron edges printed in white. Straight repeat.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178509

Accession Number: 1923.312

Wallpaper

Used sample of floral trail wallpaper. Black ground with white pin dots forming vermicular pattern. Pattern features nosegays in bouquet holders and floral/vines. Block-printed in pink, blue, green, white and red.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178510

Accession Number: 1985.656

Wallpaper

Two fragments of spiral leaf design. One is attached to Fourth of July paper, one is loose. Grey ground with pattern printed in black and white.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178511

Accession Number: 1985.32.1b

Wallpaper

Fragments of commemorative/allegorical Fourth of July paper. Grey ground with pattern of Britannia, man in tri-corn hat and Indian princess printed in black and white.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178512

Accession Number: 1985.32.1a

Wallpaper

Five fragments of vine stripe paper. Yellow ground with stripes of leaves and berries printed in blue. Straight repeat.

Date: 1796-1815

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178513

Accession Number: 1985.32A-E

Wallpaper

Pattern of rocks and greenery. Printed in brown, greens, black and grey.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178514

Accession Number: 1917.157

Wallpaper

Fragment of scenic figure paper. Pastoral scene of bridge in central plane; sheep in forefront; cattle and cattle herder on bridge; castle and steamboat in background. Printed in three browns, two greens, three greys, red, blue on light ground. Drop match.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178515

Accession Number: 1917.158

Wallpaper

Sample A: 19 5/16" high, 11 3/4"wide. Sample D: 16" high, 15" wide. Fragments of scenic or landscape paper. Pieces include two large and one small floral designs, pieces of fluted column or frame(?), ribbon, mythological figure standing amongst toppled columns, two figures (one seated, one standing)...

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178516

Accession Number: 1933.489a-m

Wallpaper

Cut sample of scenic paper. Blue ground with scene printed in blue, green, two browns, red, purple, tan, yellow/ochre. Top left scene shows "Travelers Rest" sign on country house, two men at table being served ale by a peasant woman. Bottom scene shows a couple dancing to a fiddler's tune, house wit...

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178517

Accession Number: 1938.397

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeated pattern of children at play (on rustic teeter-toter) in a dense forest glen. Printed in greens, brown, red, blue, pink and white on grey ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178518

Accession Number: 1938.396

Wallpaper

Five fragments (a-e) of cabled border. Crimson ground with crimson flock. Four are attached to flock paper 1968.180.1.

Date: 1764-1766

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178519

Accession Number: 1968.180.2

Wallpaper

Five fragments (a-f) of striped floral, leaf and pinwheel wallpaper. Three with cabled border attached (see 1968.180.2). Crimson ground with crimson flock. Straight repeat. Some pieces are attached to 1968.180.2.

Date: 1764-1766

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178520

Accession Number: 1968.180.1

Wallpaper

Two fragments of embossed rose and scrolled leaf paper. Deep blue ground with flowers and leaf printed in three browns, yellow, green and metallic gold.

Date: 1890-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178521

Accession Number: 1987.144

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Plain brown flocked paper.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178522

Accession Number: 1940.976A

Wallpaper

Cut sample of floral spray and floral sprig paper, tossed pattern. White ground with pattern of floral spray consisting of roses and daisies and smaller sprigs printed in light and dark greys and white. Leaves and berries printed in metallic gold. Straight match.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178523

Accession Number: 1940.977

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale floral medallion bordered by stiff leaves and framing a scalloped diamond center with blossom terminals. Printed in blue on a yellow ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178524

Accession Number: 1940.1042.1B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large medallion pattern made up of flowers, scrolls, diamond shapes, foliage and horizontal pin stripes. Printed in blue and red on a yellow ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178525

Accession Number: 1940.1042.1A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Large leaves and flowers. Printed in two blues and four browns on white ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178526

Accession Number: 1940.1042.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Naturalistic and large striped floral pattern, wisteria. Printed in two browns, three blues, white, two tans on a cream ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178527

Accession Number: 1940.1042.2B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Small blue, black and pink sprigs alternating with white palmettes on yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178528

Accession Number: 1966.491A

Wallpaper

Two fragments of ivy leaf patterned paper. Orange ground with ivy leaf trailing up pole or stalk printed in green, black and grey(?). Background pattern of scattered sprigs in grey. Repeat undetermined.

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178529

Accession Number: 1966.490b

Wallpaper

Fragment of geometric-style paper comprising squares and pinwheels in circles. Cinnamon ground with pattern printed in red and light yellow.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178530

Accession Number: 1966.490a

Wallpaper

Five fragments of border (a-e). Stylized acorn and leaf pattern. Light green ground with orange and black. Larger fragment has fragment of complimentary paper attached (1966.491a). Three smaller fragments have newer paper laid on top.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178531

Accession Number: 1966.491.2

Wallpaper

Three fragments of wallpaper with palmettes and six-pointed stars in circles alternating with stripes of diaper-patterned panels. Two fragments are printed in orange, browns, purple, yellow, and white. The third fragment is discolored to an overall shade of grey and white.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178532

Accession Number: 1966.491.3

Wallpaper

Fragment of diaper and leaf pattern paper. Cinnamon ground with diaper and leaf printed in white and dark orange. Fragment "b" has border attached (border is 1966.491.2a). Repeat?

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178533

Accession Number: 1966.491.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Remains of red paint (no discernable pattern) on coarse grey paper.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178534

Accession Number: 1966.491B

Wallpaper

Fragment of scenery figure paper depicting man with two shepherdesses; small group of sheep at top left corner. Pattern prints all in two browns, tan, two greens, white on a light green ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178535

Accession Number: 1915.49

Wallpaper

Rococo Revival (or Baroque Revival) cartouches framing rose bouquets and leafy vines. Separated by diapering. Burgundy, blue, two greens, pink, white and gray on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178536

Accession Number: 1915.22

Wallpaper

Rococo Revival (or Baroque Revival) cartouches framing rose bouquets and leafy vines. Separated by diapering. Burgundy, blue, two greens, pink, white and gray on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178537

Accession Number: 1915.23

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diagonal repeat of framed bouquets, orange, green and grey on polished white ground.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178538

Accession Number: 1916.338

Wallpaper

Fragments. Landscape figure printed in grisaille. Two men dressed in belted white tunic and wearing turbans, crouched behind a knoll firing rifles. Does not appear to be a hunting scene.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178539

Accession Number: 1915.24A-C

Wallpaper

Baroque or Rococo Revival cartouches framing rose bouquets and leafy vines. Separated by diapering. Burgundy, blue, two greens, pink, white and gray on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178540

Accession Number: 1915.21

Wallpaper

Large fragment of scenic figure, Reproduction of "House Fair" painting by French painter Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899), who did original artwork on which paper is based. Three vignettes showing scenes from fair. Central, rectilinear-shaped vignette depicts riders and horses preparing for country-style ra...

Date: 1855-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178541

Accession Number: 1916.56.1-.2

Wallpaper

Cut sample of landscape figure paper. Shows two pastoral scenes of young girl with sheep and young girl feeding chicken and rooster. White ground with blue stripes; left side is edged with wide stripe of blue dots placed inside a [boxy] shape. Vignettes in blue-grey and black.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178542

Accession Number: 1916.57

Wallpaper

Six fragments of medallion and stripe paper. Grey ground with embossed medallion and linked chain, printed in red, green and gilt.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178543

Accession Number: 1977.105

Wallpaper

Diaper pattern wallpaper with lacy netting in the background. Scrolling foliage frames the diamond-shape losenges and arches with delicate lacework. Printed in green and grey on a blue ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 178544

Accession Number: 1977.106A-H

Wallpaper

Mounted sample and fragments of Gothic arches and foliate scrollwork wallpaper. Printed in brown, tan, two greys, and bright blue (reverse printed) on beige ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178545

Accession Number: 1943.783.1A-G

Wallpaper Fragment

Fragments of hand blocked and flocked border. Grape vines entwining grisaille plasterwork printed in three browns, white and four blues on rust and brown flocked ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178546

Accession Number: 1943.783.2A-E

Wallpaper

Cut sample of scenic paper depicting modes of transportation, past and present. Printed in six greens, three browns, two purples, two reds, yellow, orange, blue, white and ochre on ungrounded paper. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: Heywood, Higgenbottom & Smith (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178547

Accession Number: 1921.114

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